OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- Longtime marine biologist Thomas D. McIlwain has died after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 71. McIlwain had a 50-year career and spend most of his time at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Miss. He retired in 2011. He was credited with helping the lab transition from an independent lab to a part of an academic program at the University of Southern Mississippi. (Source: AP via Mississippi Press, 11/02/12)
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